Emergency system to go offline during server upgrade

October 16, 2014

University Relations

The Office of Information Technology will upgrade the Alertus server Thursday, Oct. 23, from 9-10 a.m. During the upgrade, the system will be offline.

Alertus is an emergency notification system that is installed on most computers on the Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Kuskokwim, Northwest, Bristol Bay and Juneau campuses. Alertus provides popup messages on computer screens and wall beacons during emergencies.

For Mac computers, the software may be displayed as a small round yellow icon in the upper right-hand corner of the desktop. On PCs, the icon may be visible in the lower right-hand corner.

During this upgrade window, alerts will not be sent to computers or to the yellow wall beacons on these campuses. The round icon on Macs and PCs may change from yellow to red and back again during the upgrade cycle. The wall beacons may also display “Offline” during this process.